Crusade

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  • noun. Any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover control of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
  • noun. A holy war undertaken with papal sanction.
  • noun. A concerted effort or vigorous movement for a cause or against an abuse.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in a crusade.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To engage in a crusade; support or oppose any cause with zeal.
  • noun. Same as crusado.
  • noun. A military expedition under the banner of the cross; specifically, one of the medieval expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.
  • noun. Any vigorous concerted action for the defense or advancement of an idea or a cause, or in opposition to a public evil: as, a temperance crusade; the crusade against slavery.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner.
  • noun. Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.
  • noun. Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm.
  • noun. A Portuguese coin. See Crusado.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of the military expedition undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims.
  • noun. A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
  • verb. To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
  • verb. go on a crusade; fight a holy war
  • noun. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
  • verb. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
    • Word Usage
    "In a letter written in 1954, Farber used the word crusade to describe their campaign against cancer."
    cross-reference
    Miles Christi  holy war  jihad  
    Form
    crusaded  crusader  crusading  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    advertise  advertize  campaign  promote  push  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blade  Cade  Dade  Jade  Kincaid  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agitation  aspiration  campaign  conquest  conspiracy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    activity  battle  campaign  campaign  cause  
    variant
    crusado  
    verb-form
    crusaded  crusades  crusading  
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